Good to hear from you. Really the only way for it to happen is for it to be enforced through laws and tickets. Remember when they introduced the seat belt law way back? Well it didn’t start being done until they issued tickets. The same goes for laws to protect cyclists.
For now, let’s all just keep getting the word out there and influencing as many people as possible.

Infrastructure is great, but we need to figure out how to educate the general public about the rules of the road for cyclists. Once motorists are aware of them laws and more cyclists are following them (because I’m convinced many people I see just don’t know), the interaction between cyclists and motorists becomes easier and safer.

The problem is I have no ideas on how to make that happen.

]]>By: Eric Brozellhttp://lovingthebike.com/uncategorized/cyclist_creates_bike_friendly_culture#comment-11780
Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:50:00 +0000http://lovingthebike.com/?p=6580#comment-11780Riding on much of 26th Street is difficult. There are optional ways of going east west. BikeErie.org is working with the City and County to resolve these issues. We really need people with experience from bicycle friendly places to help improve our area. Please consider attending one of our meeting to provide suggestions and to be involved in the process. The meeting times are always on our calendar. We also have a forum to discuss bicycle related issues.
]]>By: Laura Adamshttp://lovingthebike.com/uncategorized/cyclist_creates_bike_friendly_culture#comment-10453
Sun, 06 May 2012 03:12:00 +0000http://lovingthebike.com/?p=6580#comment-10453My husband and I took our bikes out today and had to lock our bikes to a water pipe and an outdoor display. Riding on 26th was too dangerous. We would like to help because we came from a really bike friendly city and were able to ride nearly everywhere and save a ton of gas commuting to work. Here is a link to the bike map from where we used to live. http://www.ltd.org/pdf/EugeneMap.pdf
]]>By: Darryl is Loving the Bikehttp://lovingthebike.com/uncategorized/cyclist_creates_bike_friendly_culture#comment-9754
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:13:00 +0000http://lovingthebike.com/?p=6580#comment-9754I love seeing all this come together. Thanks for the update and be sure to continue filling us in as it all keeps happening.

Darryl

]]>By: Eric Brozellhttp://lovingthebike.com/uncategorized/cyclist_creates_bike_friendly_culture#comment-9750
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:26:00 +0000http://lovingthebike.com/?p=6580#comment-9750Since my last comment the Erie Art Museum and a few other volunteers have taken up a public bike rack project. They are inviting artists to design (sorry local artists only) bike racks with a local theme. This project is hoping for plenty of community support and we are planning on having local manufacturers build them. Once they are installed we will have a bike ride to all of the racks. We of course will patronize the local establishments where the racks are installed. The good thing is many of them will be in areas that have restaurants and bars so we should be able to keep our fluid and energy levels up. Hopefully by summer we should not have to lock our bikes to a tree as Steve’s picture shows above.
We have also gathered a group of individuals that have been meeting to figure out the best way to assist Erie, Pa, to become a bicycle friendly city. There are a full spectrum of bicyclists, county officials, college officials and some local business people participating.
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://lovingthebike.com/uncategorized/cyclist_creates_bike_friendly_culture#comment-9196
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